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  • Read an Excerpt from Harold R. Johnson's Final Book, The Power of Story
    Read an Excerpt from Harold R. Johnson's Final Book, The Power of Story
    September 15, 2022

    Read an Excerpt from Harold R. Johnson's Final Book, The Power of Story

    The late Harold R. Johnson was a master storyteller. He published a dozen books prior to his passing in February 2022 and was acclaimed for his fiction, which often drew on elements of his Cree heritage ...

  • September 04, 2021

    On Walking with my Dead Dogs as Writing Practice

    How should we think about the torrents of interaction that occur between organisms underground? How should we understand these spheres of more-than-human communication? Perhaps running after a dog hot ...

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